75 FW Build

[SunnyHouTX]

And it'll only get better once beneficial bacteria start colonizing the scrubbers.

[Andrew_B]

Yeah. I threw in some established scrubbers from another filter but not sure if it will do anything. It was from a canister filter... different kind of bacteria not sure if it will properly colonize.

Also, I have so much room in this sump. I didn't want to split the drain into two separate buckets, john told me not to. What if I was to add another bucket, but just toss in a second pump and have it just cycle through the water in the sump. Probably won't even bother with a prefilter as the micron socks are doing an awesome job picking up garbage. Can't hurt anything right?

[SunnyHouTX]

It won't hurt but you don't have enough fish in there to need to do that

[KhmerStyle]

Looks good andrew, everything came along nicely.

[Andrew_B]

Not as pretty as the first one, but made a 10g diy sump with the micron sock setup for my already running 40g. Kind of just threw it together. DIY pvc overflow (i didnt have a cap handy so its obnoxiously loud currently)

[hungvanvo]

simple and It look very clear. learn some every day and I will make one like you.

[Andrew_B]

Since I have so much room inside of my sump, I'm thinking of converting a 5g bucket into a vortex shaped fluidized bed filter with k1 media. I think I have a good idea on how to do it. This is my idea. Cut the the top 4-5" off of the 5g bucket to shorten it (also narrow enough to fit it down inside the trim). Place it on the bottom of the sump. Fit in pvc pipes on an angle down low (red) and up high (green), just below water line and have the pump (white) connecting to the bottom as well on the same angle. The idea is that if the low/red pvcs are on an angle, that water won't exit (but will enter) and media won't exit either since the bottom will have 400gph of water rotation force, not allowing the media to make a u-turn through the pvc. Now, the top (green) pvc will still be on an angle, but by the time the water being pumped gets to the top, the rotation speed will drop some, allowing water to be able to do that uturn and get in and out from those top pvc openings, but since there will still be some rotation, media still won't exit but stay fluid while inside the bucket. It's also shaped to where there will be minimal dead spots. I will also drill a hole on the pump plumbing to allow for an airline tubing connection to add aeration to the media.

Idea #1


I think the bottom half of the filter is spot on. I'm still not fully convinced about how water exits the filter. I guess I could cut an 8" long and 4" deep "overflow" near the top and put a little grate there to prevent media from getting out and point it towards the sumps return pump and use that as the exit point for water.

Not sure, any ideas? Does any of this make sense? If this works, I'll be ditching the 2217. I guess I could modify the eheim to accept the k1 media, but I just see it really clogging up in the canister and not staying fully fluid